Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No. 170) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 2006)

Legislation. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes that pursuant to section 1 of the Ministerial Order No. 28 of 2010 relating to occupational safety and health (OSH), the implementing instructions relating to OSH and the working environment were adopted in light of section 237 of the Labour Code. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the specific provisions of the abovementioned implementing instructions which give effect to each of the Articles of the Convention and to provide detailed information on any other measures in this regard.

Application in practice. The Committee requests the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice in the country and attach extracts from inspection reports and, where such statistics exist, information on the number of workers covered by the relevant legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, the number of cases of occupational disease reported as being caused by exposure to chemical substances, etc.